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W. G. WALTER.

BED CLOTHES SEOURER.

No. 333,905. Patented Jan. 5, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIE COWLES WALTER, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TO GEORGE B. ADAMS, OF SAME PLACE.

BED-CLOTH ES SECURER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,905, dated January 5, 1886.

Application filed January 23, 1885. Renewed November 19., 1985. Serial No. 182,634. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIE O. WALTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Olothes Securers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is aperspective View. Fig. 2 is a back view. Fig. 3 is a vertical section.

This invention has relation to means of fastening the covers of beds over children or other occupants thereof; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, all as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the appended claim.

The object of the invention is to prevent the occupant of the bed from throwing off the bed-clothes while asleep and catching cold.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a part of the bedstead-rail, and the end of a slat resting thereon.

O is the fastener, which is usually made of metal, and preferably of a piece of wire bent to form a loop, D, at its lower end, from which the spring-arms E and F extend upward and terminate in holding loops or jaws G and H. The jaw H is usually formed by bending the wire in loop form in the plane of the arm E, and the other jaw,G, by bending the end of the wire at an angle to the arm, so that it will pass through the jaw-loop H.

On the arms E and F,which are usually made with such tension as to spring apart,is a sliding loop or compressor, K,which is adapted, when pushed upward, to force the jaws together. These jaws are preferably made in the manner indicated, so that they can be readily applied to hold a fold of the bed-clothes, which is somewhat bulky, in a secure manner and with out injuring the same. The loop D, at the lower end of the clamp, is preferably made in circularly-rounded form, so that when the end of a slot is passed through it a certain amount of pivotal motion upon the slat can be made. When the clamp is not in use, it can therefore be rotated down between the side rail and the bedding out of sight. When it is to be used,it is turned upward and the jaws applied to a fold of the bed-clothes to grasp the same, and the fastening is secured by pushing the slide upward in the arms, as hereinbefore described.

I am aware that it is not new to form agarment-clamp of spring-wire having engagingjaws and a slide-loop arranged thereon, and therefore do not claim such device, broadly.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, Is-

As an improved article of manufacture, a bed-clothes clamp consisting of a single piece of wire bent about midway its length to form aslat-loop, D, and having one of its branches provided with a jaw-loop and the opposite one with aprojection adapted to pass through the said jaw-loop, and a slide arranged onjthe said branches to serve substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIE GOWLES WALTER. Witnesses:

J OHN T. GODDIN, RICHARD W. JONES.

It is hereby certified that the name of the assignee in Letters Patent No. 333,905, granted January 5, 1886, upon the application of Willie Oowle's Walter, of Richmond, Virginia, was erroneously Written and printed George B. Adams, Whereas said name i should have been Written and printed George B. McAdmns; and that said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed countersigned, and sealed this 19th day of January, A. D. 1886.

[SEAL] H. L. MULDROW,

Acting Secretary of the Interior. Conn tersi gn ed:

M. V. MONTGOMERY,

Commissioner of Patents. 

